---
search:
  tags:
    - Categories
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Adds a label products can be filed under. name is the join key a product…
    Reference for the POST /api/v1/categories endpoint in the Bloomcount Public
    API API.
sidebar:
  label: Create a category
  badge: POST
title: Create a category
type: openapi-operation
---
Adds a label products can be filed under. `name` is the join key a product write uses.

**Errors**

- `422 category_name_required` — no name, or a blank one.
- `409 category_name_taken` — that label already exists on the tenant.

<Operation source="reference" id="post-api-v1-categories" />